Arvind Kejriwal Slams BJP Over ‘Ramayan Deer’ Remark, Says Party is ‘In Love with Ravana’

Arvind Kejriwal Slams BJP: Ahead of the Delhi polls, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got into another tussle as former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal misquoted Ramayana while comparing BJP to "Ravana."

While addressing slum cluster residents of Vishwas Nagar on Monday, Kejriwal recounted an incident from the Ramayana wherein Goddess Sita fell prey to Ravana's “golden deer” tactics. AAP national convenor compared BJP to the “golden deer” and warned Delhiites against falling into their “trap."

“Lord Ram was exiled for 14 years, so one day he went to the forest to arrange for food, left Mata Sita in the hut and told Laxman that you will protect Sita Maa, meanwhile, Ravana came in the form of a golden deer. Sita said to Laxman that I want this deer… Laxman went and Ravan kidnapped Sita Maa, these BJP people are also like that golden deer, do not get involved in their trap," Kejriwal said.

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#WATCH | Delhi: On his remark regarding the Ramayana, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal says, "Yesterday I said that Ravana came as a golden deer and Mother Sita wanted that deer. They are saying that it was not Ravana (who came as a deer) but it was demon Marichi instead.… pic.twitter.com/TCQO3P0ujo

— ANI (@ANI) January 21, 2025

Kejriwal's comment invited BJP's ire, who accused him of insulting Sanatan Dharma and giving an obscure interpretation to the sacred text of Ramcharitmanas. B.J.P. Delhi's President Virendera Sachdeva said that Kejriwal remembers temples only when elections are near.

“The way Arvind Kejriwal has misinterpreted Shri Ramcharitmanas and has tried to insult the Sanatana, this is not the first time. These people are Adharmi. I don’t know what his Nani (grandmother) recited to him, but he (Arvind Kejriwal) used to say that the Ram Temple should not be built. Now that the elections are coming up, he is remembering Ram Temple and all the other temples," Sachdeva told news agency ANI.

“श्री राम वन में जब खाना ढूँढने गये तो
रावण सोने का हिरण बनकर आया” - ये कौनसी रामायण में लिखा है @ArvindKejriwal जी?

रामायण में तो राक्षस मारीच रावण के साथ आया था और उसने सोने के हिरण का रूप लिया था। सीता माता ने लक्ष्मण जी से नहीं, श्री राम से सोने का हिरण लाने के लिए कहा था।… pic.twitter.com/w9ybWoEjXQ

— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) January 20, 2025

Kejriwal Is ‘Chunavi Hindu’: BJP

BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari unleashed a blistering attack on Kejriwal, labelling him as “Chunavi Hindu" for misquoting Ramayana and said that his true character was now out in the open before the people of Delhi and the country at large.

He commented that Kejriwal and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had appeasement flowing in their veins, saying, "AAP supremo is getting irritated with the slogan of 'Ek hain toh safe hain' and Lord Shri Ram's temple at Ayodhya and is preparing to tender the lands of Delhi to Waqf."

Another BJP spokesperson, Ajay Alok, lamented that Kejriwal had no idea even about Ramayana, for he was an educated man and an IIT graduate. Party leader Tarun Chugh said Kejriwal had finally started remembering Lord Ram, for he has feared losing the elections.

“The people of Delhi are now alert to save themselves from Arvind Kejriwal’s web of lies. The people are asking what he did in 10 years… People are opposing and boycotting him. People have decided ‘Bye Bye Kejriwal’," he said. BJP MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat said Kejriwal himself played the role of ‘Ravana’ by destroying Delhi.

BJP leader Manoj Tiwari also reacted by saying, " am not at all surprised by his statement because we know that during elections Arvind Kejriwal tries to be a ‘Chunavi’ Hindu. All those things he said yesterday prove that he has no connection with the Hindu religion and Sanatan."

Swati Maliwal Reacts, Kejriwal Hits Back

BJP MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat said Kejriwal himself was responsible for playing the villainous role of 'Ravana', thus destroying Delhi.

“When Shri Ram went to the forest to look for food, Ravana came in the form of a golden deer- in which Ramayana is this written @ArvindKejriwal ji? In Ramayana, the demon Marich had come with Ravana and had taken the form of a golden deer. Sita Mata had asked Shri Ram to bring the golden deer, not Lakshman Ji," she said in a post on X.

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“You become a Hindu as soon as elections come, today you made a small mistake in memorising," she added.

चुनावी हिन्दू बने महाठग की कथा सुनिए ????

रावण अगर सोने का हिरण बनकर आया था तो मारीच कौन था?#चुनावी_हिंदू_केजरीवाल pic.twitter.com/updu0Pu5oD

— BJP Delhi (@BJP4Delhi) January 20, 2025

Rebelling against these remarks, AAP MP Swati Maliwal lashed out at the former CM and, echoing the BJP, leveled allegations against him, stating that he only turned Hindu when elections drew close enough.

But Kejriwal later swung back at the criticism over his remarks on the Ramayana, because of the BJP "demonic" for fancying Ravana. "Yesterday I said Ravana had come disguised as a golden deer, which Mother Sita had wanted. Now they say it wasn't Ravana who came as a deer, but it was demon Marichi indeed," said he in a presser on Tuesday.

“The entire BJP is protesting outside my house and asking why I insulted Ravana. They love Ravana so much. They are of a demonic nature. I want to warn the people living in slums and poor sections of Delhi that these people will gulp you down like demons if they come to power," he added.

#WATCH | Delhi: "I want to warn the slum dwellers that these days they (people of BJP) are staying in slums, they do not love you, they love your vote and will sell all your land after the elections. Lord Ram was exiled for 14 years, so one day he went to the forest to arrange… pic.twitter.com/tknCh28vT5

— ANI (@ANI) January 21, 2025

AAP leader Manish Sisodia extended support to his leader, added that the BJP continued justifying Ravana as if "he were themselves a descendant of Ravana." Amit Malviya replied back to Kejriwal in saying- only Arvind Kejriwal could have such courtesy for demons-again calling him 'Chunavi Hindu."

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